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Magahi

Source: United Nations Information Centre, India

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Native NameNone

Total Speakers10,821,000 (1994)

Usage By CountryHome Speakers: Bihar (India)

Background It belongs to the Indo-European family, Indic group and is spoken by over 10 million people. Devanagari script is used, though Hindi is the normal literary language. Magahi is also used as a religious language.